Events

Last updated: April 5

April

Celebrate World Earth Day

Join The3Engineers team to hear about their series of engaging books which bring awareness of environmental issues.Suitable for KS1 & KS2 / P1 – P4 StudentsThe team of submarine engineers will give a presentation for ‘World Earth Day’ and read their first book in the series “The Adventures of Scout” called, “STOP DROPPING LITTER”.
They will also hold space for an interactive Q&A session for schools to ask any questions.
The3Engineers have also created some fantastic *FREE* STEM resources for your schools to try: www.the3engineers.com

This session will be run over Microsoft Teams. There will be multiple schools on the call so cameras and microphones will be disabled for all classes. The Teams link to join this webinar will be sent in the confirmation email, and then again 24 hours and 30 minutes before the webinar. To book go here

World Earth Day - April 22nd

The theme for Earth Day 2025 is OUR POWER, OUR PLANET, inviting everyone around the globe to unite behind renewable energy, and to triple the global generation of clean electricity by 2030. How? By joining us in Earth Action Day, encouraging all to take action—educate, advocate, and mobilize. Pledge an Earth Action on social media. Attend/plan/register a local event. Integrate Earth Day lessons into your curricula. Donate to support our efforts. Below you’ll find resources (plus quizzes, fact sheets, articles and more) to help you take action this Earth Day, April 22nd, and every day. More information here

Wales Outdoor Learning Week 2025 28 April - 4 May

Celebrate Wales’ greatest playing and learning space – our natural environment! Every spring since 2019, Natural Resources Wales and the Wales Council for Outdoor Learning join forces to organise #WalesOutdoorLearningWeek, a great opportunity to showcase and celebrate how we can all benefit from learning in, learning about and learning for our natural environment.

Wales Outdoor Learning Week 2025  aims to encourage and inspire educators, teachers, learning groups and families in Wales to embed nature into school and family life, reaping the many benefits it brings. 

Fieldnotes Stiwdio Tuesday 29th April 5:30pm-8:00 pm

Event Location: Startup Stiwdio Sefydlu - Cardiff Univeristy of South Wales

Can you create a whole digital copy of Wales? The whole of it?

Where is the intersection between literature and digital worlds?

What are the tools artists use to help visualise the infrastructure that will build our cities of the future?

Fieldnotes Stiwdio is a monthly roaming platform for scientists, researchs and artists to engage with each other's world through fascinating talks that will help us make sense of a complex world. Taking place on the last Tuesday of the month.

A collaboration between USW's Startup Stiwdio and Cooked Illustrations, this April we will have at the Cardiff Stiwdio three great speakers:Dr Rebecca Hutcheon, Neeraj Kavan Chakshu and Jamie Lamb. To find out more information and to book go here

May

Science and the Senedd 13 May 2025..

The Royal Society of Chemistry's twenty first annual Science and the Senedd will be held at the Senedd and the Pierhead, Cardiff Bay, on 13 May 2025 from 12.45pm to 7.30pm, on Tuesday 13th May 2025.This event is sponsored by the Deputy Presiding Officer of the Senedd, David Rees MS, together with Mark Isherwood MS and Joel James MS.The theme will be based on Education and the Future Workforce.
Designed to foster close relations with policy makers and key stakeholders, Science and the Senedd is organised on behalf of, and in cooperation with, the Welsh science and engineering community. For more information see here 

National Numeracy Day May 21st - the Money Edition 

For the first time National Numeracy Day has a theme. For 2025 we'll be talking about Money, and this is why...

Research shows that a third of UK adults (32%) say being able to better manage their money is the reason they want to improve their maths and numeracy skills. This goes even higher for parents of young children, and young people. We also know from talking to learners how crippling it can be for our finances to lack confidence with numbers. 

Find out more
By signing up to National Numeracy Day you'll be joining over 10,000 dynamic organisations – including thousands of schools – to champion numeracy. You'll be the first to get  access to our Number Heroes Competition where schools can win a prize worth hundreds of £ AND this year we're also giving school sign ups full access to the Family Maths Toolkit, containing over 200 numeracy activities for ages 3-13. 

June

The Big Bang Fair June 17- June 19

The Big Bang Fair inspires the next generation with hands-on activities, experiments and workshops. The UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for schools will return on Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at The NEC in Birmingham.

The Big Bang Fair is free, and is open to UK state-funded school groups only in:

  • year 6 to year 8 (England and Wales)

Schools can explore The Fair in our morning session (9am to 12pm) or afternoon session (1pm to 4pm). If you have any questions, please contact us at info@thebigbang.org.uk

Schools will be able to book free tickets to The Big Bang Fair 2025 in early 2025. Sign up to our newsletter to get VIP early access. More information here

Volunteers’ Week Monday 2nd – Sunday 8th June.

Volunteers’ Week is an annual UK-wide campaign held from the first Monday in June to celebrate and recognise the contributions of volunteers.Launched in 1984, this initiative has been running for over 40 years, providing organisations and communities a platform to thank current and past volunteers for their invaluable efforts.

The campaign highlights the diversity and unity of volunteer work across the UK. In its 40th year, the campaign underwent a rebrand, introducing a vibrant identity to inspire continued engagement.

Volunteers’ Week fosters connections between national organisations and grassroots groups, celebrating the spirit of volunteering that enriches communities each year. More information here



July

Sensational Science  Tuesday 1 July, 9.30am–3.30pm,

University of South Wales, CF37 4BD

We are pleased to be joining forces with IOP once again, to bring you our annual day conference. Last year, you said you really valued the range of practical activities, the cross-curriculum links and the advice on incorporating a range of skills into lessons. So, this year we want to inspire you with even more hands-on activities that will be delivered by a team of passionate facilitators. You will have the opportunity to attend all the workshops, have a tour of the campus, time to network with colleagues from across the region and of, course, enjoy a lunch on us.

It is going to be great day filled with lots of sensational science. Book here

Sensational Science  Friday  4 July, 9.30am–3.30pm,

Bangor Univeristy, Normal Site,  Bangor LL57 2PZ

We are pleased to be joining forces with IOP once again, to bring you our annual day conference. Last year, you said you really valued the range of practical activities, the cross-curriculum links and the advice on incorporating a range of skills into lessons. So, this year we want to inspire you with even more hands-on activities that will be delivered by a team of passionate facilitators. You will have the opportunity to attend all the workshops, have a tour of the campus, time to network with colleagues from across the region and of, course, enjoy a lunch on us.

It is going to be great day filled with lots of sensational science. Book here


Merthyr Science Festival on Saturday, 5th July 2025!

Expect experiments, and enough brainpower to light up the Valleys!. Mark your calendars, because missing this would be scientifically unwise! Further details can be seen here


Climate CPD 3 July 2025 1-4pm Online 

Would you like to help your pupils understand and tackle climate change while contributing to a sustainable future for our planet?

Climate and air quality science are often motivating topics for students, but we know it can be difficult to know where to start with these topics. As part of your project we are offering an online course which will bring relevant and engaging scenarios to your teaching.

Secondary CPD- https://www.stem.org.uk/cpd/540012/embedding-climate-change-secondary-science

Primary CPD- Booking link: https://www.stem.org.uk/cpd/541668/enhancing-climate-change-education-primary-stem 

Course costs and supply cover are free for teachers taking part in the SAMHE+ STEM Learning project. Please email c.walford-price@stem.org.uk for more information.